Broom



V. E. CLARK.

BROOM. APPLICATloN FILED SEPT. 3. .1918.

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Lappliestima 'filed September 3, 1913. Serial No, 252,423.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that l Vieron E. CLARK, a citizen of the United Itates of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of lient and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Brooms; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oit the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rllhis invention relates to improvements in brooms and 'is more particularly concerned with brooms having a separable brush and clamping head parte, such as shown andvdescribed in my Patent .#1,015,268 issued danuary 16, 1912. lt is an object and purpose of the present invention to improve the same by providing a broom simple 1n construction and compact in arrangement; to 'pr-ovide a construction in which the upper end of the brush does not need to be trimmed for fitting in the clamping members, and to further provide the device with many new and useful features of construction and arrangements or" parts as will more i'ully appear as the description of apreterred form of the invention progresses, reference being had to the accompanying drawing showing the same, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of a broom showing my invention, the parts being in assembled position. u

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical section through the same. c

Fig. 3 is a perspective view or'n a clamping head opened and removed from the brush and handle, and

Fig. 4l isa perspective view of the upper portions ot the separable brush members.

Lilie reference characters reiter to like parts in the various views of the drawinfr.

The head or clamp of the broom is composed ot two opposing members l substantially alike and stamped trom sheet metal and pivotally connected to each other, each being provided near its upper portion with a halt ierrule il formed integral with the body portions et the clamping members l. l'ach body portion is adapted togengage one side ot the upper end of the brush, indicated at 8. The half errules 2.are formed with laterally extending ears adapted to overlap so that the clamping members may be pivotally connected together atthe upper ends of 'terrules by rivets or otherwise, as 1ndicated at 2a. Illhe brush is termed of suitable broom material sewed together in the usual manner and adjacent its upper end, a metallic band l surrounds the same binding the upper ends of the strands of broom material tightly together. The clamping members each at its lower edge is turned in' wardly, as indicated at 5, to provide Hanges to pass underneath this band when the clamp is applied to the broom.

Each member is also rovided with a loop 6 projecting inwardly rom the same, being struck from the body of the metal, as shown. rllhe loops are adapted to overlap each other when the clamp is closed and serve as opposing half nuts to oppositely engage the tapered threaded end la of the handle 7 which is inserted through the ferrule members 2 and the overlapping loops o, threading therein as tar as desired.

The brush is provided with a recess 8 in its upper end in which the loops 6 may seat, thus permitting the upper end of the brush to engage the inner sides of 'the upper ponI tions of the clamping members and the corners of the brush are rounded to fit the. tops of the clamp. rlhe upper end of the brush in the center of the recess 8 is also provided with an opening 8a to receive the tapered end 7a of the handle 7 which must enter the brush as it is screwed into place through the loops 6.

Each clamping member l adjacent each end and directly above the inturned portions 5 has a portion struck inwardly making lugs 9, the same being adapted to pass alongside of the inwardly pressed portions of the broom material above the band 4l, so that the lower ends thereof come directly above the band e, as shown best in llig. 2, this, in connection with the inturned portions 5, locking the brush against movement with respect to the clampingvmembers when the handle has been threaded into place.

lt will be seen that this device is very simple in construction, the clamp being composed oi' two members which are identical so that the same may be formed by the same set of dies arranged in opposed position and pivotally connected at their upper portions as described. The brush 3 is readily detachable from the head for the purpose or' replacing it with a new one, the operation consisting of merely removing the handle and separating the lower edges ci the clamping members suicient to remove one brush meinher insei, ano'lheig eteif 'which 'the clamping members ere closed loy hieeding `alle handle into place. This oonszmichion is elsooif velue in that sufficient spsee is pro vided to receive lelie upper poition of the hiueli shove the bend l without the neeessisy of fiiinming she seme el, the sides es pee yieiisly necesse-i'y in similar oensiuetlons. 717V l en fhe handle 7 seited @hi'ongh "ehe oiisles and ehren, :the oveilepping is il' end screwed into plaieeg il; will, hy Jin sides o: *he elsing ing SULA die into 'the es 'to seinen e end loiusi,

e heuse nn the iespeelive penes oi? ehe clamp to receive,

`ehe handle, e handle extending downwed between the heli-females and heaving epered seieW-threeded end oppositely engegng the loops and extending into she hiush and below l@he plene of the benda and lugs struck inweidly from peni", of ehe 23 u i of mvo suostsntielly sinulei' pelis? helin eaeh' eithei, each per; of' said elein being also provided ies lov-wei? end with ii uined Donazione so pass below 'she hand inymdly ji'ojecting end eyeil @ying loops respective Tomes of the eleno ilfhin ALheiecess 'bhe hfush, he?

ing)1 'ohiough sel elinles and hevii g a ejeeed soew threaded end eik Aending thiough 'Lhevloops end opposiely Oeed lfieeloy7 end thence o Lahe hiush end below he die hand whereby 4the elem@ is n:id and ehe o'ffush epe-eed ouloweifd With- :he bend and e on each clame part scent each end theieo extending down- Werdlysnd inweidlyJ lowei ends 'H coming innnedielzely shove Ane heno, suhstentielly es desciiloed.

3. A hi'oom comprising e handle, e hiush povided with an einer piojeo'sng loend rigid with the brush, s, clamp consisting of me pants or inembeis piyoed lfogellier at opposite sides ofthe handle and edepibed *so swing inwardly and outwardly and having inwardly extending lenges to engage loeneeth the seid bend, seid Toe-Nas or meinbeis being also povded with lnwerdlyexending lugs speeed from Jehe seid flanges and erianged eo engage over he band and Ineens for holding Jhe seid pants oi' memheis iiinly in engagement Wih "the bend end lorush.

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